| | MATHER QUERIES HEALTH MINISTER'S CIVIL SERVICE ADVICE |
 | | Jim Mather MSP, (SNP Highlands and Islands) Shadow Enterprise Minister, has written to Andy Kerr, MSP, Executive Minister of Health asking him to clarify reported advice that it is claimed the minister received before responding to an enquiry about the dismissal of a senior Health Board executive. |
 | | Various other matters of concern about the conduct of this Board have since been raised by me, by my colleagues, by staff, by councillors and by members of the public all to no avail.Mr Kerr has vigorously defended the conduct of the Board and questioned the motivation of those who have laid complaints. |
 | | It has now been revealed that the advice that Mr Kerr was receiving from his civil service advisers was seeking to damp down the matter and even went to the extent of referring to Mr MacLennan's political views as if that were a relevant factor in his conduct or treatment. |
| www.argyll-snp.org /Press/JIM/2006/APRIL/civil-advice.htm (361 words) |